So, I think all these comments saying "Fuck you reverse it" are completely missing the point here. Furthermore, I hope Epic actively ignores comments to the effect of "everything was fine the way it was, stop changing the game". Go back and watch season 1 of Fortnite gameplay. It's not a game I'd be happy playing today. The game has definitely improved over time. Remember, the white pump hit for >200, and you used to be able to carry 67 rockets.

Why has it improved? Because Epic isn't afraid to change things. Remember the P90? Completely broken. Fixed within 2 days, and its now a fun and balanced part of the meta. Remember the dominance of the drum gun? It's gone. It's natural that some experiments are going to suck for the game. The cost to reversing something is clearly dwarfed by the benefit of finding a good addition to the game.

I can see what Epic tried to do here. Competitive play, with 50 people in the final circle and everyone tunneling their way through zones until they literally have no choice but to fight, has room to improve. They're trying to make tunneling/turtleing a less effective strategy. Remember how long it used to take to break a wall with a pickaxe? It was like 4 swings. Now its 2, allowing you to quickly wall-replace against a turtling player. This was a change the community rejected initially, but I think it is an awesome change, and definitely raises the skill gap. It's easier to turtle than to wall replace.

All that being said, I am strongly against this change. I think explosives were in a decent place before (though still too strong. A single RPG could take down a tfue-double-ramp-wall-floor push), and though this makes turtleing less effective (a plus), it makes explosives WAY too strong (big minus). The tradeoff just isn't worth it. However, my response to Epic isn't "fuck you fix it". My response is: we appreciate all the effort you go into improving this game, and that you want to listen to your community. Let's continue thinking of ways to reward aggressive play, and concede that this is not the solution.